Combination protection label and coupon



18, 1970 D. F. BUSKE 3,524,782

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. A COU UNDER 25 I) PON TO REMOY CUT ALON H66 INVENTOR DUWAYNE BUSKEEAM/A4. iii V ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,524,782 COMBINATIONPROTECTION LABEL AND COUPON Duwayne F. Buske, Layton Label Mfg. C0.,Inc., 426 W. Walnut St., Milwaukee, Wis. 53212 Filed Mar. 10, 1967, Ser.No. 622,178 Int. Cl. B32b 31/18 US. Cl. 156-248 2 Claims ABSTRACT OF THEDISCLOSURE Includes a label that has pressure sensitive adhesive forattaching the same to a container or the like. The label has a couponadhered to the rear thereof and the label is perforated so that it canbe opened by tearing along the perforations for access to the coupon.

My invention relates to a coupon protection label and more particularlyto a combination protection label and coupon and method of printing andcutting a pair of adherently engaged strips, or sheets of pre-fabricatedsheet materal to produce said protection label and coupon.

The prime object of my invention is to provide a label in combinationwith a coupon, arranged in a manner to make it inconvenient to removethe coupon from a package, or container to which the combination isapplied.

Another object of my invention is to provide a label for supporting andconcealing a coupon, or the like, which label is equipped withperforations so it may be severed to provide access to the coupon,thereby supporting the coupon or the like within a tamper proofattaching sheet or label.

Still another object of my invention is to provide a device of thecharacter described, that may be printed, scored, and cut in onecontinuous operation.

A further object of my invention is to provide a method applied to apair of pressure sensitized coated strips of material, attached to oneanother, that may be processed in a continuous manner, or separately, ina single operation.

It is manifest to anyone familiar with the art, that coupons, or giftcertificates are frequently applied to the conainer, or package,supporting the merchandise being dispensed, and in the process ofself-serving by the consumer it is a known fact acknowledged by theretail trade, that the coupons, or the like, are frequently taken, orpilfered from the package by the consumer while shopping, and it is theprime object of my invention to provide a device that supports thecoupon, or the like, one that requires the protective label to be cut toprovide access to the coupon, which coupon is adherently attached to thelabel for support.

The device and the method of producing it are exceedingly simple, easyto produce, and very elficient for the purpose for which it is intended.

Other and further objects of my invention will become more apparent asthe description proceeds, when taken in conjunction with the drawings,in which:

FIG. 1 is a top view of a label, oval in contour, having instructionsimprinted thereon, and showing the scoring or perforations laterallydisposed.

FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the label shown in FIG. 1, with the coupon,or the like, silicone coated, attached to the adhesive applied to therear face of the label.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the label shown in FIGS. 1 and 2,showing the coupon, or the like, disposed onto the adhesive coating.

FIG. 4 is a front, or top view of the label of oval contour, showing itseparated at one of the scored or perforated lines, to permit access tothe silicone coated 3,524,782 Patented Aug. 18, 1970 coupon which isadherently attached to the central portion of the label with pressuresensitive adhesive, to permit it to be easily removed from the label.

FIG. 5 is a top view of a modified type of label, rectangular in shape,and having scored, or perforated lines disposed in longitudinal andlateral direction.

FIG. 6 is a label as shown in FIG. 5 with the paper separated or torn atthe scored lines, to expose and give access to the coupon.

FIG. 7 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view of a portion of a fancifulcontainer, with the label applied in a manner to protect the coupon.

FIG. 8 is a similar view as shown in FIG. 7 with the label torn at oneof the perforated lines to provide access to the coupon adherentlyattached to the central portion of the label.

FIG. 9 is a schematic lay-out, showing the progressive method employedwhen printing and scoring the two scripts, or sheets, which areadherently attached to one another, and

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the two strips being separated from oneanother.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts andfeatures throughout the several views, and referring now to the same,the character 20 shows a label of sheet material, which may be of anyform shape, or contour, shown as oval in FIGS. 1 to 4 inclusive, andrectangular in FIGS. 5 and 6.

This label 20 is equipped with perforated lines 21 which may be arrangedin any convenient manner, either laterally as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4inclusive, or crossing one another as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6.

There is another sheet of material 22, adherently attached to thematerial 20 constituting the label, by means of a pressure sensitizedadhesive 23. This sheet 22 1s silicone coated, and scored to any form,or contour at 24, to form a coupon shown as 25.

By referring to the schematic lay-out shown in FIG. 9, it will be notedthat the sheets 20 and 22 are adherently attached to one another and arewrapped around a roll generally shown as 26. The sheet 22 has thecoupons 25 imprinted thereon at 27, and the sheet 20 has the labelimprinted thereon at 28. The coupons 25 are scored, or cut at 29, anddue to the cut 29, they are retained by the sheet 20. Also the sheet 20is scored, or cut at 30 so that as the sheets pass in the direction ofthe arrows, the scored sheet 20 with the coupon 25 attached (see FIG.10), wraps around a roll generally shown as 31, and the sheet 22 withthe openings 32 scored at 24, wrap around a roll generally shown as 33to form waste material.

By referring to the various views, FIG. 1 shows the label cut from thesheet 20 in the form of an oval con tour, with the instructions printedonto its face, and shows the perforations 21 disposed laterally. FIG. 2shows the back of the label with the coupon 25 adherently attachedthereto, the label ready to be adherently attached onto the face of acontainer, or package 34, shown generally in FIGS. 7 and 8.

The coupon 25 is made readily accessible by cutting or tearing one ofthe perforated lines 21 of the label 20 (see FIG. 4). This sameprocedure occurs when the label 20 is of rectangular contour, by peelingthe label backward as shown at 35 in FIG. 4, or at 36 in FIGS. 5 and 6,will provide access to the coupon 25.

The method of production as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, includes cuttingthe coupon at 29 to permit the sheet 22 to be separated from the sheet20 with the sheet 20 still retaining the coupon 25 thereon. The rest ofthe the sheet 22 when removed from sheet 20 leaves openings 32 in sheet22 which conform with the shape of the coupon 25. The sheet 22 couldthen be disposed of; and

when the perforated sheet which has printing thereon as a label isremoved from the sheet 20 the coupon attached maybe attached to thecontainer 34, or the like as shown in FIG. 7.

The device is simple in construction, economical to manufacture, can bein the form of a tape, or may be individually out while being processed.It serves a special purpose and function not heretofore shown in theart, and although I have shown a specific construction and arrangementof the parts constituting my invention, I am fully cognizant of the factthat many changes may be made Without effecting its operativeness andpurpose, and I reserve the rights to make such changes as I may deemconvenient or necessary without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent in the United States is:

1. A method of manufacturing a plurality of combination protectionlabels and coupons comprising the steps of: unrolling a roll of a firstand a second strip of paper joined back to back with a pressuresensitive adhesive,

printing a series of labels on the front side of the first strip ofpaper,

printing a series of coupons on the front side of said second strip ofpaper,

each of said coupons being positioned immediately adjacent each of saidlabels,

cutting said second strip of paper in accordance with the contour ofeach of said coupons,

perforating said first strip of paper to define said labels,

the perforations of said labels being dimensioned so that the label islarger than the coupon adhering thereto,

separating said first and second strips of paper whereby said couponportions which have been cut from said second strip of paper remainsadhered to the labels of said first strip of paper, and rolling up saidfirst strip of paper so that one label at a time is available with acoupon adhering to the back of each of said series of labels.

2. A method of manufacturing, as defined in claim 6, wherein said couponis silicone coated and wherein said combination protection labels andcoupons are additionally perforated, whereby they can be easily severedfrom one another.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,303,346 12/ 1942 Flood 156270XR 2,304,787 12/1942 Avery 156-270 XR 2,703,083 3/1955 Gross 156-248 XR3,032,463 5/1962 Morgan 156253 FOREIGN PATENTS 1,052,611 3/ 1959Germany.

JOHN T. GOOLKASIAN, Primary Examiner G. W. MOXON 11, Assistant ExaminerU.S. Cl. X.R.

